Nyckel Notes #1, Oct 1995 - American Nyckelharpa Association

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Editor’s Note (e)
Hello everyone, and welcome to the ANA!
This first issue of Nyckel Notes took a little longer to
get out than I had originally anticipated. I’ve never
put out a newsletter before, and I thought it would
be simple and straightforward (those of you out
there who have been editors are probably chuckling
quietly right now). What with pictures in tiff vs. jpeg
vs. eps formats and last minute additions, it got
delayed several times. But here it is, and it’s quite
an issue.
As of 25 Oct 95, the ANA has:
• 50 members in the US, 39 of which play
nyckelharpa
• 2 members in Canada, both of whom play
• 1 member in Norway, who plays
• 4 members in Sweden, 3 of whom play.
There are 69 known nyckelharpa players in the
United States and 3 in Canada, which means there
are 31 nyckelharpa players out there that haven’t
yet joined the ANA, plus the players I don’t know
about yet. We hope you will sign up soon, if only to
get the newsletter and the contact with other players
both here and in Sweden that it will bring. Ten
bucks a year isn't so much, after all.
The ANA is as of yet not officially a non-profit
corporation, because we haven't filed with the
Secretary of the State of Washington for
incorporation, and then filed with the IRS for 501c(3)
status. This will be undertaken in the fall, but there
are several things that need to happen first. For
instance, we need to write some articles of
incorporation and/or some by-laws. I propose to the
general membership that they entrust a few persons
to accomplish these steps, in order that they get it
done quickly. These persons are listed on the voter
slip on the last page of this issue. Please clip it out
and mail it in -- if not enough of you respond, we
can't in good faith do these messy jobs for you.
Enough said. Mail it in.
I want to publish a directory of nyckelharpa players
listing names, addresses and phone numbers and
make it available to the other players. The idea is to
increase contact between us. For instance, when
you go in vacation to New York State, you can look
see if there are any nyckelharpa players there that
you can meet and jam with. I figure I'd better ask
each person before publishing their info, to respect
those who prefer to be hermits, so I put a little blurb
on the bottom of the voter slip on the last page of
this issue to do so. You should vote anyway, to help
us in our incorporation efforts, so fill in the slip and
send it today!
Until next issue,
-Bart
The American
Nyckelharpa
Association
Information
The ANA is a non-profit organization (or rather, will
be soon) dedicated to fostering the nyckelharpa, its
music and its dance outside of Sweden, especially
in North America.
We plan to sponsor music and dance workshops
across the country featuring the traditions
associated with the nyckelharpa.
(cont.)
The following have been nominated to the board of
directors of the ANA, and are presented to the
members.
Accept/Reject
____ ____ Bart Brashers, Seattle WA
____ ____ Matt Fichtenbaum, Chelmsford MA
____ ____ Gail Halverson, Los Angeles, CA
____ ____ Mel Meer, Bryan, TX
____ ____ Bruce Sagan, Lansing MI
Clip this out and mail it to ANA, c/o Bart Brashers,
533 N 73 Street, Seattle WA 98103. Votes will be
counted by an indifferent party.
For verification Purposes:
Name ______________________________
Address ______________________________
______________________________
Phone ______________________________
_____ If you play nyckelharpa, Check here if we
can include you in our directory of players, to be
mailed to all the other players in North America.